The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-09

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nsnbsss q ~ n|Di1ksis. but thougl
~ got ~ - i p -, ~ did 10
sressedi ST ~ hskoss eive 100.
J hops fer ~ sutuff f. s'slf
ssvsrsl n.s(laol dusi,a tAs year sl..
shex7hes 81 ps2 + ~ 1Esasing. Rsps
eially ~ n sviss y y ~ grand fsssl
sth Juy. Thb isasa = ~ pest ysar'
hes bssa eslssssA " tks sepsial-Dsmoc
sssy h I ~ 1 ~. M from Cop
snhagsns but 1eo5 lhs nnnbsr Of partak-
ere wss . srsaA ~ ~ railway and thu
steamers solld ~ tzansport them, and
thsrstess n " sessstsd in tho plan
for szsseising soldss OF of the town,
The shov'of Ne vosklnsmsn through ths
town therefore ~ w. greatest, that Cop
snhsgsn ever saw II numbered 10000
psrtaksrs, divided in lss unions, and /,
took ! hour IL minutes for the show Ia
pass single point. In the place for the
feast wss gathered about 10000 men and
women, and The ordsr was in svery res
Pect psrfsct, because tho policy let the
vorkingmen themselves keep order.
In the provinces too we get many fei:
lows and comrades. Especially the meet-
ing as Horssns, borough In Jutland, the
IL July IL remarkable; 10000 comrades
were gathered hers and declared their as
scnt TO the Social Democracy. 1885 there
were branches Of the Social Democratic
Federation in "a Of the countrys, SO bor-
oughs; 1888 three new branches have been
formed in Holding, Nellie and Bredeyicia
branches also are found in several vii
lagos. In the whole country there are 80
Social Democratic unions (only having
political purposes), and at Copenhagen
there are 60 workingmen- unions besides
great number in the provinces.
In the past year the agitation has been
carried on as usually, but one of the most
improved agitators has for long time
been hindered from travelling about the
country, having been kept in prison for
his activity in the party's service.
OF course our party has felt the effects
Of the ministerial way Of oflegislation. In
order to crush the opposition and our
party, the government already 1885 issued
his prorisoricai pe'aallaw and pressia,r, and
one of our comrades, piano-maker HoLsr,
was imprisoned few days after the law
had been issued. 9th January, 1886, the
leader of the Social Demokraten, s. OLSEN,
vas charged for some articles of the
newspaper, and since accusations and i'm
prisonments have followed quickly, as far
as the provisoricaljsw permitted.
20 Febr. HoLsr vas charged again, and
in July the leader 'OlsEs vas imprisoned
and in the court Of first instance con-
demned to ID times days imprisonment
with only bread and water. The highest
court -rouucuu tnuSu p~s,sn.-.v...s,- -vur On
sEs has been imprisoned since Juli 1886,
and did not come QUITO prison before the
18th of January.
However, the most grieving and morti-
flying is, that these laws have been issued
not only without the parliament's consent,
but against its will, nay, from the com
mon opinion rejected by the parliament
and consequently Of no force. To this
add the rigorousness with which these
laws have been used against our COM
rades. OLSEN has thus been confined 3
times longer than the judgment involved.
The government also has tried to get
HoRpUM, NJ. p, condemned according to
the provisorical penallaw for some ex-
preston at meeting at Aarhus, the larg-
eat borough in Jutland. But though the
two first courts had absolved him, the
judges have been cunny enough to con-
denim him TO the costs; a quite new in
vention TO be obliged to pay money, be-
cause the government takes fancy of
accusing man for Violate of a law, and
the judges declare the charge mot
proved" Many other instances of prose
cution We do omit.
The branch-moveme has intended to
corroborste the organization. More
smaller strikes have been necessary to
force the masters TO perform their duty
against the workmen, not only in Copen-
hagen, but also in the boroughs, and some
of them have brought a raising Of the pay.
The most important strike in the year was
that Of the workingwomen. at Rubens
weaving factory. Having lasted for 4
weeks II ended through mediation with a
small raising Of the pay. This strike got
his importance through the attention it
called forth in respect to the bad pay
ment that the rich capitalists offer to
workingwomen. +
The Danish working men party partook
through IA reprssentants in the branch
congress at 0oteborg in Sweden 27th-29th
Aug. Thereby was the band of fraternity
tied moro tightly between the workmen Of
tho North.
Al the end Of the year a permdnt1l
commission yor Tie workingnstn'wnfons' com
mon action was established, And in orde'
to acquire the greatest advantages during
the present oapitalistic system, the Work
mems Bakery has been erected, and th'
purchaser Of its bread are so many tina
the bakery must be enlarged.
2ssh of January the elections for tn
Folksthing seok place, and our party pro
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